WAGE Project
AAUW & The WAGE Project Join Forces to Address Pay Equity
AAUW of Alabama Holds $mart $tart Facilitator Training
AAUW
and The WAGE Project have announced the formation of a partnership to
ensure that women graduating from college start their careers knowing
how to negotiate for fair and equal pay. This partnership will offer
$tart $mart Campus Negotiation Workshops to 500 college campuses over
the next three years.
These nuts-and-bolts workshops, piloted by WAGE in 2007 and 2008 on more
than 60 campuses, will be presented by trained AAUW facilitators. AAUW
and WAGE urge all campuses in the nation to offer this valuable
workshop, which can serve as a powerful influence in the lives of young
women.
"$tart $mart Campus Negotiation Workshops combine the vast membership of
AAUW with the innovation of WAGE workshops to advance pay equity for
working women," said AAUW Executive Director Linda D. Hallman, CAE. "AAUW
is well known for fighting to close the wage gap through our efforts on
Capitol Hill and our other advocacy work. With these workshops, we will
be on the front lines, mentoring young women to become their own best
advocates."
"Empowering college women with knowledge and tools to counteract the
reality of the gender wage gap is the objective of The WAGE Project's
$tart $mart Campus Negotiation Workshops. WAGE is thrilled to have this
opportunity to partner with AAUW members to bring $tart $mart workshops
to women in colleges, community colleges, and universities throughout
the United States. When these women graduate, they will have a better
chance to get the paychecks they deserve," said Evelyn Murphy, president
of WAGE.
The gender pay gap persists because of inadequate knowledge about its
devastating impact and causes, inequitable treatment of working women,
and women's lack of knowledge about negotiating for a fair and equal
salary. Negotiating salaries is a challenge for women at all stages of
their careers, but it is an essential tool--along with stronger
anti-discrimination laws and better enforcement of existing policies--to
achieving economic security for women and their families.
AAUW of Alabama is sponsoring a session to train facilitators to teach the $tart $mart workshops to women at colleges within our state. It will be held Saturday, May 30th, from 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm in the conference room at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Oxmoor Valley, near Birmingham. Cost for this training is $50.00, payable at the event. Reservations are required.
To reserve your place to receive facilitator training for the $mart$tart Campus Workshop on May 30th, please provide the following information to Jo Ann Cummings at joannc1972@charter.net:
Name, complete address, phone, email, organization affiliation (if any), title.
If you cannot attend this event, but are interested in getting this training at another time or place, please contact Annie Houle 207/899-2883, ahoule@wageproject.org. For more information, visit: http://www.wageproject.org/